Augury

Augury – 2-20-25 Edward Ibeh – Sponsor; Title Chosen - Augury; Pick a Title No. 49 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Augury Embers of prophecy rise In the haunting omens of owls Divining tea leaves Heralds speak future through opaque signs And signals of frantic dogs Before earth heaves in shock of slip strikes Or the coming of rainbows Born from sun and blackness. Gossamer angels bend over vanishing logic, Brooding envoys of dark horses In clouds of fireflies or heresies, Burned at the stake of mineral, mist or ice. Messenger, from the mystical, utters the unseen, The face of mute words, allegories in shrouds Calling to fabled grails, emerge from mystery. Heraldic voice stands outside algorithms Wears a clear cloak named vision or terror A visage drifting through past or dawn In images without bones, Unshakable the slow creeping spice Built on shape shifting tides Like mist from cloud castles Before seeking birth in the hands Of reality’s fiction.